MBB: Cats fall to Purdue 60-65

West Lafayette, Ind - The Catamounts went into the locker room holding a 29-21 edge over the Boilermakers at half-time, but a 10-0 run to start the second half by Purdue, allowed the Boilermakers back into the game. From that point,  it was a hard fought battle until the end of the game. The Cats were able to fight back to within four points several times in the final minutes of the game, but could get not match Purdue's points, as the Boilermakers were able to hold on at the free throw line.

"I'm proud of the effort we gave tonight. I thought we competed very, very well - we're growing," said head coach Larry Hunter. "We had way too many turnovers tonight, had some sloppy execution at times, but we kept battling defensively. I thought we were terrific in the first half defensively. They got into us with dribble drives, got themselves to the foul line quite a bit in the second half. We struggled because we had some key people out with foul trouble and had some slippage offensively."

The Cats returns to home this Saturday, hosting the Kent State Golden Flashes. Tip-off in the Ramsey Center is 2:00 pm.